Velah Just Got Smarter



What has Turbine been up to with Dungeons & Dragons Online:
Stormreach (DDO)? Let's take a look:

Monsters

• NEW
  – Prolonged
  exposure to the Plane of Night has had negative effects on Velah and
  has stripped her of some of her former epic powers. Note that to
  compensate she has grown a bit smarter, and many of the old strategies
  used may not work quite so well. Experimentation, quick thinking, and
  valor will surely lead heroes to find new ways to defeat her.
  • Velah’s spellcasting AI and line of sight recognition will
    be
    improved.
  • Her attacks will no longer be flagged as unblockable.
  • The average damage of her physical attacks will be reduced.
    The critical hit ranges on various attacks will be modified.
  • Her tail knockdown attack will use the same mechanics as
    other Knockdown effects.
  • Wing Buffet will be considered a physical attack rather
    than
    a spell. The knockback effect will have a reflex save.
  • Velah’s
    Dragon Breath will no longer treated as a physical attack. It will be
    entirely fire damage with a single reflex save, and can no longer crit
    or miss.
  • Dispelling Breath will remove half as many magical effects
    as
    before.
  • Her Telekinesis ability will have a will save.
  • All spells cast by Velah will properly use her Charisma to
    determine DC’s.
  • Fireballs spit by Velah will be entirely fire damage and
    scale properly on Hard and Elite.
  • Velah herself will properly scale in difficulty on Hard and
    Elite.
  • For more information on the origin of these changes, please
    read target="_blank">this thread.
• Wildmen will apply the feeblemind effect less often, generally
  on
  critical hits and/or their special leap attack.
• The
  effects caused by the warforged quori humanoids in the WFT area will no
  longer produce FX. Previously this on-damage effect could slow down
  performance due to the spam of visualized effects.
• Melee
  oriented Troglodytes will move closer to their targets - they should no
  longer attempt to make melee attacks from out of range.

There's lots more. Check out the complete list [ href="http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=275">HERE].